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[CWC89_0124 Ann L. Bowen to Henry Bowen]
Long Acre Washington Co. January the 21 1865
Beloved Henry it is with pleasure I rite you a few
to let you know how we are we are all well except
Cornelia Ann she is not well yet she had got
so she could walk about the room but her sore
nees has returned again her nea will
sweal up and ache and then it will be
so sore she cant bear her wait on it
then in her ancle and in her rist
and sholders it shifts about by the
time it gets better in one place it takes
in another it dont pain but is sore and
aches she aint quite as bad off as she was
at first but she is far from being well
she hasent bin out of the house since new
years day a great deal of the time i have
her head to comb and feed her she
cant get her hand to her mouth hardley
if she can she hasent got strength to hold
on to northing I dont no what does aild her
unles it is the rumatism it is very
like it if she dont get better I shal get
a docter if I can and se if he cant do her
some good it is a great pulback to me I
havent had the chance to do a dayes work
since christmas by the time I wait on her and

[CWC89_0124 Ann L. Bowen to Henry Bowen]
Long Acre Washington Co. January the 21 1865
Beloved Henry it is with pleasure I rite you a few
to let you know how we are we are all well except
Cornelia Ann she is not well yet she had got
so she could walk about the room but her sore
nees has returned again her nea will
sweal up and ache and then it will be
so sore she cant bear her wait on it
then in her ancle and in her rist
and sholders it shifts about by the
time it gets better in one place it takes
in another it dont pain but is sore and
aches she aint quite as bad off as she was
at first but she is far from being well
she hasent bin out of the house since new
years day a great deal of the time i have
her head to comb and feed her she
cant get her hand to her mouth hardley
if she can she hasent got strength to hold
on to northing I dont no what does aild her
unles it is the rumatism it is very
like it if she dont get better I shal get
a docter if I can and se if he cant do her
some good it is a great pulback to me I
havent had the chance to do a dayes work
since christmas by the time I wait on her and